Welcome to our Wetland Webquest!
You need to use the links found on our class webquest homepage to answer the following questions. 1. What are wetlands?wetlands is a place where lots of animals and plants live as a communty. An area characterized by a high content of soil moisture Asnwer: Wetlands is a low area where the land is saturated with water. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/wetlands-1#ixzz1JKksoI00 2. Why are wetlands important? Wetlands are important because many animals that live in other habitants use wetlands for mirgration and repruduction. 3. What animals and plants are found in the wetlands? The animals that are in the wetlands are bull frogs, tree frogs, and alligators. The plants that live in the wetlands are water lillies, cattails. bulrushes, and pondweed its a type of plant grown in the wetlands that can't be seen. 4. What are some causes for wetland loss? The causes for wetland loss is the erosions, floods, and humans. 5. What are five of the animals and six of the plants in the wetlands that are endangered? .The 5 animals are the silvery salamander, hellbender, dusky salamander, four-toed salamander Illionois chrous frog and the 6 plants are the speckled adler, shadbush, golden sedge, bunchberry, wood orchid, and the water willow. 6. What can be done to protect the wetlands? What can be done to protect the wetlands are Based on what you have read, answer the following questions. List the 3 conditions that determine if an area is considered a wetland. 1. 2. 3. List some (at least four of each) plants and animals found in the New Jersey wetlands. Plants: Animals: Why are wetlands important to humans? to wildlife? to the environment? What factors contribute to the loss of wetlands? What are some things that middle school students can do to help protect wetland areas?